PHR

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Bye Bye Google Health

John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | June 25, 2011

Like so many attempts before it — drkoop.com and RevolutionHealth.com to name just two — Google has found that implementing personal health records in a meaningful way is really, really hard. So hard, in fact, that it has given up and is shuttering its Google Health service, after just 3 years being open to the [...]

general, hc's problem list, medical records, trends & principles

Rest in Peace: Personal Health Records (PHRs)

John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | April 12, 2011

While doing some research the other day on personal health records (PHRs), I came across this article, describing Revolution Health’s announcement — without much media attention — about dropping its PHR at the beginning of 2010. (Disclosure: I worked for Revolution Health in 2005-2006, and now have a business relationship with the company that acquired [...]

medical records, policy issues

What people living with disability can teach us

Susannah Fox | January 26, 2011

The Pew Internet Project recently issued a short report noting that people living with disability are less likely than other adults in the U.S. to use the internet: 54%, compared with 81%. The first question many people ask when they hear that is, Why? The second is, What can be done? The third is, or [...]

medical records, positive patterns, pt/doc co-care, trends & principles, Why PM

Smashing myths & assumptions on PHR use (Chilmark)

e-Patient Dave | November 13, 2010

John Moore of Chilmark Research has another great post, this time on the realities being discovered about PHR use among the urban poor – something most observers considered unlikely. It’s aptly titled Smashing Myths & Assumptions: PHR for Urban Diabetes Care. Give that man an Emmy, or something.